Margueritte and Louis’ daughter was Suzanne [Susanna]
Poulain, my 8th great grandmother. And yes, she was born in France.

Birth

Suzanne Poulain was born about 1644 in St Germain-en-laye,
France, which is slightly NE of Paris, and a good distance from her parent's origin
in Heillecourt (now part of Lorriane)
in the west.

(I wonder about her mother's death in Heillecourt and not St Germain-en-laye, but perhaps she'd gone there just before her death, they'd moved there, or she is buried there, so the records reflect her dying there).

Move to Jersey

Susanna (and likely her father or a husband) moved to Jersey,
the Channel Islands. Jersey is the largest of the Channel Islands (England),
located off the coast of France.

Susanna lived there before leaving for the colonies. She may have learned English—or liked English—for
Jersey was owned by the British, but likely there was a good amount of French
and English spoken there.

The Colonies & NEW
Jersey

Susanna sailed to the N. American Colonies on “The Philip,” which
sailed from Exeter, England, and arrived in the colonies in 1665, she was 21.

I’m assuming she was accompanied by someone. If not her
father, then perhaps a husband who died en route, or after arrival.

So Susanna arrived in the New World in 1665/1666. She lived in
New Jersey, (possibly with her father?) until she wed Richard Skinner.

Records
tell me her father, Louis Poulian, died in Monmouth County, New Jersey.

Marriage to Richard
Skinner

Susanna wed Richard Skinner in 1666 in Elizabethtown, Union
County, New Jersey (recorded by Sec of
East Jersey).

I’ll be daring and say that to marry someone with such an
English name as Richard Skinner, she likely had at least rudimentary grasp of
English.

ChildrenSusanna Poulain and Richard Skinner had six children. I am descended from one of their sons named Richard Skinner (to see the relationship, read the end of post).

Death

Susanna died about 1714
in New Jersey, around 70.

Jersey-New Jersey: What’s the Connection?

Is it co-incidence that she had lived on Jersey and then
moved to New Jersey? Maybe, but probably not.

The Jersey historians say many people felt New Jersey was
suitable place to migrate to.

There was relationship between the Island and the US state
of New Jersey which has its roots in the English Civil War.

During that time, King Charles II took refuge in Jersey, as
exiled King of England (remember Cromwell?).

The Island of Jersey's loyalty was rewarded when he gave
some land in the Americas to Sir George Carteret of Jersey. Subsequently, Sir
George Carteret named that part of the colonies “New Jersey.”